Real Empress from a Noble Family-Chapter 346 - There Will Be Fun!
Chapter 346 There Will Be Fun!
It was at Palace of Ganquan in Hall of Taishi.
Empress Dowager Jiang quietly listened to Xin Fubing’s statement and Qiu Yelan’s additional words and then smiled, “Good girl, you are so virtuous. How can I refuse you?” Empress Dowager Jiang told Maid Lin, “You go to Marquess’s Mansion and tell them Fubing’s words.”
After Maid Lin left, Empress Dowager Jiang let servants leave and stopped talking about the polite words. She said to Xin Fubing with a solemn expression, “Don’t control your tears! I know you are wronged! No servants are here, so you can cry out!”
Before she finished her words, Xin Fubing threw herself on Empress Dowager Jiang’s lap and cried bitterly, “I’m really sad! I know that His Majesty won’t only treat me good, but how can he like my junior?”
“I’m afraid that you don’t know the details!” Empress Dowager Jiang stroked Xin Fubing’s hair and was silent for a while. After Xin Fubing calmed down, Empress Dowager Jiang said, “Let me tell you about the details. His Majesty and Jiang Huizhi are wronged this time!”
Qiu Yelan wasn’t surprised at all. Emperor said he wanted to keep his filial piety. How could he make love with a younger girl at this moment? He was wronged, otherwise, he broke his promise.
Seeing this, Empress Dowager Jiang calmly said, “The imperial doctor gave Jiang Huizhi a diagnosis. She drank an overpowering drug and the love potion. According to her memories, she was hit by a strange maid before she fell into a coma. But before she scolded this maid, she lost consciousness. When she woke up, His Majesty was near.”
Qiu Yelan glanced at Xin Fubing, who was still crying on Empress Dowager Jiang’s knee. Qiu Yelan asked on Xin Fubing’s behalf, “Did His Majesty drink the overpowering drug?”
“No.” Empress Dowager Jiang frowned. “His Majesty is fascinated by the chrysanthemum in the imperial garden these days, so he will go to the Jing room near the imperial garden to stay for a while. When he just went into the room today, Jiang Huizhi jumped on him suddenly. He was shocked at the time and wanted to leave with force, but he was afraid of hurting Jiang Huizhi. If she got hurt, Jiang Tianao and his wife would be mad. He couldn’t get rid of Jiang Huizhi, who took the strong love potion! When they chased each other, the maid, who delivered wine and food according to the rules, went there!”
Emperor’s servants were from Empress Dowager Jiang, so she knew every movement and she believed this saying which is proved by the personal servants.
“Aunt, Uncle Mengmin did it, right?” Qiu Yelan raised her eyebrow and asked, “They even ignored you.”
Since the beginning of the year, she visited Empress Dowager Jiang frequently. She was treated very preferentially because of her husband. Now she had her own decent identity. Empress Dowager Jiang glared at her when she heard this, “I know that you have a good relationship with Fubing, but you can’t provoke our family’s relationship so obviously, right?”
She said these words without being annoyed.
Qiu Yelan noticed it and said in a coquettish tone, “My dear aunt, don’t say that! I’m telling the truth! Since we defeated the Gu family and you moved to Palace of Ganquan, you have to make your own rules. Those who make troubles should be sent out and now people who are left are credible after many checks and investigations. Even if there are one or two persons that have escaped, the Gu family has been over. Who can they rely on? Don’t they do their own work?”
“How dare to do such a big thing! How can it be possible without being instructed? Jiang Huizhi has already been engaged. When this happened, why did Aunt Yang find grandfather first instead of you? Is this clear?”
Empress Dowager Jiang replied, “I know. You shouldn’t say this here. I choose Fubing as my son’s wife. Will I treat her badly? Do you need to worry about it?”
“Yes! I know that you love Cousin Xin. I’m sorry!” Qiu Yelan just wanted her words, so she cleverly pleaded guilty when her goal was achieved.
Xin Fubing cried and was tired. Empress Dowager Jiang called for someone to lead her to the side hall to take a shower. At this time, Empress Dowager Jiang said to Qiu Yelan, “The little maid who used the overpowering drug to Jiang Huizhi is certainly from the Gu family!”
Qiu Yelan was shocked when she heard the words and then said, “Does the Gu family instigate her?”
“You’re right!” Empress Dowager Jiang gave her an approving look. “When the Palace was reformed, I was too busy to do it alone. The Jiang family helped me. Jiang Tianao and his wife knew that the little maid had a problem. They didn’t report it but control her privately for their own use!”
She paused, “You know your grandfather. I like Fubing. After Jiang Huizhi entered the Palace, I will try my best to support her! But your grandfather will watch us, so Fubing should be more prudent!”
“I will tell Cousin Xin!” Qiu Yelan answered hurriedly.
Empress Dowager Jiang said, “When your fifth aunt and uncle are back to Jing City, what position do you think is better for them?”
“How could I know this?” Qiu Yelan said with a smile, ” Cousin Xin misses her parents. As long as you ask them to come back, she won’t complain about your decision.”
“Really?” Empress Dowager Jiang said unhappily, “If she really doesn’t care about her parents’ official position, why did she say that? Her father wants to harden himself and be better when he is back to Jing City. She really misses her father and mother. Doesn’t this mean that she needs to ask a high-ranking official for her father in Jing City? If I don’t understand her, why can I sit here?”
Qiu Yelan didn’t feel embarrassed. She chuckled and said, ” Cousin Xin doesn’t care about that. Aunt, you love her so much. Even if she didn’t say this, can you treat her without kindness?”
“I won’t treat her badly because of you fifth aunt.” A memory flashed in Empress Dowager Jiang’s mind. She sighed, “Although your fifth aunt has a quick temper, when we were at home, she treated me best among all brothers and sisters!”
“And then you will give Cousin Xin’s father a high-ranking official!” Qiu Yelan added, “In this way, the fifth aunt and Cousin Xin will have the face, and it can make Uncle Mengmin feel upset. Isn’t this good for the fifth aunts’ family?”
Empress Dowager Jiang glanced at her, “If you really want to help Fubing, go back and talk to Jiang Yashuang with these words!”
“What do you mean?”
“It can’t be decided by me, who is a woman.” Empress Dowager Jiang said. A hint of dissatisfaction flashed between her eyebrows, so she purred, “Let Jiang Yashuang go and talk to your grandfather!”
Qiu Yelan pretended not to notice her dissatisfaction, smiled, and talked for a while. Seeing the maid came in with Xin Fubing, she stopped talking. The two didn’t stay long and left the Palace.
Qiu Yelan sent Xin Fubing home and she felt very tired when she returned to the Marquess’s Mansion, but she had to send greetings to Madame Tao and explain the day.
After listening, Madame Tao nodded slightly, “It is good of you to persuade Fubing to go to see Tianluan. They could turn passiveness into activeness. This is a good action! Fubing was the one who was wronged, so why do those people slander her?”
“Does grandfather finish everything?” Qiu Yelan took the opportunity to ask.
“Let Jiang Huizhi have a rest at home first, and so her previous engagement can only be forgotten.” Madame Tao said with humph, “At the beginning, they were really good at pretending. I really thought they wanted to choose a right man for their granddaughter. Now I have understood that they are just afraid that Tianluan would stop Jiang Huizhi from visiting the Palace!”
Jiang Huizhi’s engagement started when Qiu Yelan got married and it was not decided until the summer of this year. The man was the son of Jiang Tianao’s confidant. It was said that the man was both talented and generous. In short, he was all good. After that engagement, Qiu Yelan even gave a gift for them. After only a few months, Jiang Huizhi was about to enter the Palace to be an imperial empress. But she might not be the true empress because of Xin Fubing.
Madame Tao was bored of this and said, “After His Majesty’s wedding, she will enter the Palace. Your grandfather has ordered that no one is allowed to discuss this. After you go out, you should not talk about it. You should also manage people around you well. Don’t let others make the mistake.”
Qiu Yelan thanked her for the suggestion and she excused for leave. She went to Sheng Shishui to pick up An first. Of course, she had to explain to Sheng Shishui about today’s experience. After that, she took An back to her house. She was so tired that she couldn’t open her eyes. She told the nursing mother, “Take care of him well. I need rest for a while!”
She fell asleep as soon as she went to the bed!
When she woke up, the sky was dark and Su He, who was guarding the couch, told her, “The master has returned early and is playing with the young master!”
“Is it a long time?” Qiu Yelan asked Su He to help her dress up and she said, “Don’t exhaust the child!”
“When the master came back, the young master was crying. The nursing mother couldn’t coax him, so the master came to coax him.” Su He laughed and said, “When the young master had a rest just now, the master came to see you. But the young master cried again.”
Qiu Yelan felt very strange. “Does such a little child recognize people?”
“This shows that the young master is smart!” Su He rolled her eyes and lowered her voice, “It must be smarter if you can give birth to another kid!”
She knew that Qiu Yelan was very afraid of Mrs. Zhou and others talking about the issue of kids and so she did this so deliberately to tease her master.
Qiu Yelan was not ashamed or annoyed when she heard these words, but she looked at Su He thoughtfully, “I’m really confused. You are at the same age as me. I have to consider about kids. How can I stop you from marrying? Come on! Who do you like? Or what kind of men do you like?”
“What are you talking about!” Su He was shy and her face flushed with shame. She hurriedly raised her sleeves, hid her face, and ran out. “I will ignore you!”
Qiu Yelan was combing her hair and felt speechless, “I’m serious with you! Why do you think that I tease you now?”
Shaking her head, she walked out of the room and went to the house where An was. As expected, as soon as she entered, she saw Jiang Yashuang holding An and pacing back and forth in the house. He was humming a song. It was her first time to see this scene. She couldn’t help but feel a little amused, “Can you sing?”
“When I was a child, the nursing mother used to hum and coax me and Jiang Qizheng. After listening too much, I remember it.” Jiang Yashuang was blushed when he heard these words. He handed An to her, “He kept crying but stopped after listening to the song.”
“You hold him.” Qiu Yelan said slyly, “I don’t know how to hum. What if he starts to cry if I take him?”
Jiang Yashuang glared at her awkwardly and saw that An was asleep. He breathed a sigh of relief and carefully handed him to the nursing mother. “Place him in the cradle. Don’t wake him up!”
They were afraid that they would not be able to leave after An woke up. They walked out of the house lightly like thieves. After going out, they breathed a sigh of relief and both felt funny.
After laughing for a while, Jiang Yashuang asked, “Is Cousin Xin okay?”
“That’s it.” Qiu Yelan described today’s experience for the third time, “Uncle Mengmin is really too bad! I don’t know what the fifth aunt will do, but she won’t let it go after going back to Jing City because her daughter gets such a humiliation!”
When she said this, she intended to ask Jiang Yashuang to arrange a good position for Xin Fubing’s father, so her parents would be calmed down. However, Jiang Yashuang laughed bitterly when he heard the words, “You are right that the fifth aunt won’t let it go. Her temper is worse than the fourth aunt sometimes!”
He said helplessly, “You come up with an idea to get them back. There will be fun at home now.”
